Re: [Hampshire] sudo

On 6/21/07, Simon Reap <Simon.Reap@???> wrote:
>
> 'sudo su' will give you a root shell - saves typing in sudo many times

if you have lots to do as root.


I know that, but i've always just used `sudo -s`; I wasn't aware that `sudo
su` gave you a shell too - doesn't sound right to me (although i've just
tried it and it works, obviously).

As for the initial problem, have you upgraded sudo today? It might have
> brought in a default /etc/sudoers list.
>

Surely apt would ask for confirmation before overwriting the manually edited
file though?

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Alex Collins